May 10, 2011

Administration of Oath of Office

The VICE PRESIDENT. If the Senator-designate will now present himself at the desk, the Chair will administer the oath of office.

The Senator-designate, Dean Hel ler, escorted by Mr. Reid, advanced to the desk of the Vice President; the oath prescribed by law was administered to him by the Vice President; and he subscribed to the oath in the Official Oath Book.

Ensign replacement sworn inRepublican Dean Heller was sworn in as the junior senator for Nevada Monday afternoon. Vice President Joe Biden, who serves as president of the Senate, officiated. Heller is replacing former Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), who resigned last week in part because of a Senate Ethics Committee investigation over claims he violated ethics rules in the aftermath of an affair with Cynthia Hampton, the wife of former top aide Doug Hampton, whom he allegedly helped to obtain a lucrative lobbying job.